Mason Mastroianni is an American

comic artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literary ...

and the grandson of

Johnny Hart John Lewis Hart (February 18, 1931 – April 7, 2007) was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strips '' B.C.'' and '' The Wizard of Id''. Brant Parker co-produced and illustrated ''The Wizard of Id''. Hart was recogniz ...

, creator of the comic strips '' B.C.'' and '' Wizard of Id''. Mastroianni took over artist's duties on ''B.C.'' after Hart's death in 2007. "''B.C.'' by Mastroianni and Hart", the new byline, appeared for the very first time on January 3, 2010, in newspapers. Together with his brother,

Mick Mick is a masculine given name or nickname, usually a hypocorism of Michael. Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used in the English-speaking world as an ethnic slur for Irish people. In Australia, the meaning also broadened to incl ...

, he created an original strip, ''Dogs of C-Kennel'', in 2009. It is syndicated by

Creators Syndicate Creators Syndicate (also known as Creators) is an American independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns to daily newspapers, websites, and other digital outlets. When founded in 1987, Creators Syndicate became one of the few suc ...

. Beginning December 14, 2015, he is also the cartoonist for ''Wizard of Id''. Mason also took over an

Anytime Fitness Anytime Fitness Franchisor, LLC, doing business as Anytime Fitness, is an American franchise of 24 hour health and fitness clubs that is based in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States. The company operates over 5,000 franchised locations in 50 cou ...

gym that was closing, and now co-owns a 24-hour fitness center in Binghamton, NY called BC Fit, which had its grand opening on October 2, 2024.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American comic strip cartoonists American comics artists American humorists American people of Italian descent {{comic-strip-creator-stub